Dion Graham

Dion Graham is an American actor and narrator. As an actor, he has worked both on and off-Broadway, as well as in TV series and film. As of April 2024, he has narrated at least 280 audiobooks. He has earned a place on AudioFile magazine's list of Golden Voice Narrators, as well as Audible's Narrator Hall of Fame. Further, he has won 11 Audie Awards, 71 Earphone Awards, 3 Listen-Up Awards, and 1 Odyssey Award.

Book Riot called Graham "the best of the best" in audiobook narration, saying, "His voice is rich and emotive, making even the driest bits of a long biography or history come alive. His ability to inhabit characters seems limitless; his myriad character accents are always flawless."

Biography Graham grew up in Cincinnati and lives in New York City.

His on-screen acting career began in 1992 when he played a role in Malcolm X. Throughout the 1990s, he appeared in other shows, such as Law & Order, and performed on- and off-Broadway.

Graham highlights two key moments in his life as being influential to his career as an audiobook narrator. First, a roommate of his requested that he record James Joyce’s story "The Dead" for a long road trip. as well as Audible's Narrator Hall of Fame.

Further, he has won 11 Audie Awards, 71 Earphone Awards, 3 Listen-Up Awards, and 1 Odyssey Award.

2000s

Awards

Best of the Year Lists

2010s

Awards

Best of the Year lists

2020s

Awards Year Title Author(s) Other narrator(s) Award Result Ref.2020American Savior: A Novel of Divine Politics (2008)Earphones Award Birthday Suit (2019) , Sebastian York, January LaVoy, Julia Whelan, R.C. Bray, Shane East, Joe Arden, Erin Mallon, Savannah Peachwood, Jason Clarke, and Robin MilesAudie Award for Audio Drama Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019)Audie Award for Fantasy Clean Getaway (2020)Earphones Award Dear Justyce (2020)Earphones Award Leaving Lymon (2020)Earphones Award Little Family (2020)Earphones Award Lovely War (2019) , Allan Corduner, Julie Berry, Fiona Hardingham, John Lee, Nathaniel Parker, and Steve WestAudie Award for Young Adult Title Trouble is What I Do (2020) Earphones Award When Stars Are Scattered (2020) and Omar Mohamed, Barkhad Abdi, Robin Miles, Ifrah Mansour, Bahni Turpin, Hakeemshady Mohamed, Sadeeq Ali, Dominic Hoffman, Christine Avila, and a full castEarphones Award 2021Concrete Rose (2021)Earphones Award and Tamara PayneAudie Award for History or Biography Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 (2021) and Keisha N. Blain (editors), Kevin R. Free, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Angela Y. Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and a Full CastEarphones Award Harlem Shuffle (2021)Earphones Award Look for Me and I'll Be Gone: Stories (2021)Earphones Award Milo Imagines the World (2021)Earphones Award The Overground Railroad (2020)Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title Playing the Cards You're Dealt (2021)Earphones Award Songdogs (1995)Earphones Award (1958) with Victor LaValle (foreword)Kirsten PotterEarphones Award This Side of Brightness (2013)Earphones Award Trouble Is What I Do (2020)Audie Award for Mystery Blackout, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, and Bahni TurpinAudie Award for Short Stories or Collections and Peter NystromAudie Award for Mystery Concrete Rose (2021)Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Dirty Bird Blues (1996) with Yusef Komunyakaa (foreword) and John Beckman (introduction)Earphones Award Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 (2021) and Keisha N. Blain (editors), Kevin R. Free, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Angela Y. Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and a Full CastAudie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance and Marin IrelandAudie Award for Fiction Playing the Cards You're Dealt Audie Award for Middle Grade Title (1926)Earphones Award 2024Coleman HillAudie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance King: A LifeAudie Award for History or Biography Audie Award for Nonfiction NarratorAudie Award for Nonfiction NarratorPoverty, by America (2023)Audie Award for NonfictionTread of Angels (2022)Audie Award for Fantasy (2023)Audie Award for History or BiographyAudie Award for Nonfiction Narrator

Best of the Year lists Year Title Author(s) Other narrator(s) List Ref.2020Charlotte's Web (1952) Audie Award for Middle Grade TitleOverground Railroad (2020) and Lesa Cline-Ransome (author's note)AudioFile Best Children's BooksWhen Stars Are Scattered (2020) and Omar Mohamed, Barkhad Abdi, Robin Miles, Ifrah Mansour, Bahni Turpin, Hakeemshady Mohamed, Sadeeq Ali, Dominic Hoffman, Christine Avila, and a full castAudioFile Best Children's Books 2021Concrete Rose (2021)AudioFile Best Young Adult of 2021 Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 (2021) and Keisha N. Blain (editors), Kevin R. Free, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Angela Y. Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and a Full CastAudioFile Best History & Biography Harlem Shuffle (2021)AudioFile Best Fiction

Selected narration

2000s

2010s

2020s YearTitleAuthor(s)Other narrator(s)2020American Savior: A Novel of Divine Politics (2008)Roland Merullo Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom (2020) Clean Getaway (2020) and Tamara PayneDear Justyce (2020) Leaving Lymon (2020)Little Family (2020)Overground Railroad (2020) and Lesa Cline-Ransome (author's note)Trouble is What I Do (2020) When Stars Are Scattered (2020) and Omar Mohamed, Barkhad Abdi, Robin Miles, Ifrah Mansour, Bahni Turpin, Hakeemshady Mohamed, Sadeeq Ali, Dominic Hoffman, Christine Avila, and a full cast2021Concrete Rose (2021)Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 (2021) and Keisha N. Blain (editors), Kevin R. Free, January LaVoy, Robin Miles, Angela Y. Davis, Nikole Hannah-Jones, and a Full CastHarlem Shuffle (2021) and Marin IrelandLook for Me and I'll Be Gone: Stories (2021)Milo Imagines the World (2021)Playing the Cards You're Dealt (2021)Songdogs (1995) (1958) with Victor LaValle (foreword)Kirsten PotterThis Side of Brightness (2013)Trouble Is What I Do (2020)2022Animals (2021)Blackout, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, and Nicola Yoon, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles, and Bahni Turpin and Peter NystromThe Chimpanzee Whisperer: A Life of Love and Loss, Compassion and Conservation (2022) and David Blissett with Dr. Jane Goodall (foreword) (foreword)Dirty Bird Blues (1996) with Yusef Komunyakaa (foreword) and John Beckman (introduction)His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice (2022) and Toluse Olorunnipa and Toluse Olorunnipa (introduction) Race and Reckoning in the Gilded Age (2022) (2022) (1926)2023 (2023)

Filmography